diff --git a/src/intercomm-async.c b/src/intercomm-async.c
index e56f314dad26a87e0483ae2baa4c7793521c7f22..b2ae4199a160ce0f1f188cbbe8ac59cb6f2e7483 100644
--- a/src/intercomm-async.c
+++ b/src/intercomm-async.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define SIZE 100000 /* Buffer size */
+#define SIZE 100 /* Buffer size */
 
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
diff --git a/src/intercomm.c b/src/intercomm.c
index ad106368c69acb14c4a1652bcf829c938f4a00ea..af549b9a237c83c777570c66ef23982f9fdba2ab 100644
--- a/src/intercomm.c
+++ b/src/intercomm.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define SIZE 100000 /* Buffer size */
+#define SIZE 100 /* Buffer size */
 
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {